Sicky

Abigail is home sick today, she got the 24 hour flu bug from Megan. she is feeling pretty good today but she is happy to stay home!

Boardwalk

Today was a fun day. We went to Boardwalk for builders exchange company party. Wow was it a beautiful day! The weather was perfect and the view was wonderful. Kyle brought a few friends, Ian and Trent. Megan brought her friend Natalie. The whole family was there except Scott and Carol and the crew, they were out of town. When we were shopping on the boardwalk we ran into Lex from Survivor, he was shooting a commercial for the boardwalk. I tried to get a photo with him, but they were taking tooooo long. Mom was taking photos of those wearing plaid pants so I had to buy a pair while I was there.

Mothers Day

Today was a busy day. We went to church early because Kyle was being ordained to the office of teacher at church. Then we had lunch with my brother and mom at the golf club. Then we had a barbecue and swim at my moms with my sister and her family too. So it is 915pm and we just got home. Wow what a mothers day! All and all it was great. I got my mom a panini press that she wanted for Christmas but didn't get, as well as a mothers family birthstone necklace. Terry got his mom the same necklace and a beautiful vase. I got a the same necklace and a cookbook. None of which is really as important as the time and love and fun that we all got to share for the day. Next year for mothers day, my sister said all the mothers should go to the spa and lunch the day before. Sounds good to me, then on mothers day maybe I could just take a nap. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz. Diane is going home tomorrow and we are all sad. It is fun to have her around and hang out with us. She is always happy and fun to be with. Happy Mothers Day.

Kyle's 14th birthday

Kyle turned 14 on Wednesday! Wow how could that be possible! He will be in High school next year. He had a great day. I let him stay home from school. ( My mom would have never let me do that!) Took him to lunch with Dad, Megan, and Grandma Diane and ME at Teske's - a german restaurant in downtown San Jose. It was good he had a pork shank sourkraut and german potato salad. WE all decided that when we go back again we will all get jaggershnitzel. He got the Mountain dew green label bottles to add to his collection, a big black shirt ( rob and big show) and a pin bag and lanyard, plus lots of cash. We got him a Itouch for his birthday and he had to pay 1/2 so the cash will go to good use. Tonight we are going to Kyoto Palace for dinner with the family, Grandma Joan, Emily and Charlie and then tomorrow he is going to see Iron Man with some friends (Ian, Trent, Jaden and Michael). I would say he had a great birthday! Happy Birthday Kyle!

Abby is learning to balance and roller skate, Kyle was being a good big brother and holding her up so she didn't fall. They are so cute, when they are not beating each other up!

Mothers day tea - kindergarten

Today was an awesome day at kindergarten. Mrs. Tully (Abby's teacher) had a fun mothers day tea for the class. The kids sang us some cute songs ( bumdiada, abc mothers and m-o-t-h-e-r). It was so cut to see these cute little kids honor us like that. Then the kids served us angelfood and strawberries as we wore crowns that they made for us. Abby wrote an all about my mom poem. See below:

The important thing about my Mom is that she is SPECIAL!
Her name is Jenifer, but I call her Mom
Her hair is like mine. Just like mine, but it is curlier.
her eyes are blue.
Her favorite color is blue.
Her favorite food is cherry pie.
She's about as tall as our refrigerator
She is only 89 years old or so.....
She works hard on her computer, but she doesn't work too hard.
She likes to cook
She does not like to play
she loves me because I am cute
I love her because she is pretty
But the important thing about my MOM is that she make cookies!
By Abigail

Wow how cute is that, she got most of it right, except hello I am a long way from being 89 years old! And, I do like to play!

I was sad thinking this is the last time I get to share a kindergarten mothers day tea! I wish I could stop her in time and freeze these moments.

I can't wait until sunday. I love mothers day! Not because I get spoiled, which is a nice benefit. Because I get to get those sweet loving hugs and time to reflect on how much my family means to me. I also get to enjoy spending time with my mother. Every minute I get with my mom is special for me. For the first time in a very very long time Terry gets to also spend mothers day with his mom. Mothers are so important to all of our lives, we learn so much from them. We learn how to be good mothers through them and most of us will see our mothers in ourselves at some point in our lives. It is a very special day.

May 1 - May Day 1st post

Ok so finally I am going to start a blog, mostly because my Aunt Chris does it and I absolutely love going on there to see what is going on in her families life! She make it look so fun! The other reason to do it is I am not so good at journaling. So I thought it would be a good way to keep up on my own life and what's going on so I could look back in the future. Anyway hopefully it will be fun! I also hope that it will be a fun thing for my family and friends to see what is going on at the Stanly household. The pictures are the best I love to see everyone's pictures. Well here we go!